WGU C168 Module 2: Elements and
Standards of Critical Thinking fully
solved
Elements of Reasoning or the Elements of critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔Purposes,
questions, assumptions, implications, information, concepts, inferences, and points of view. Also
knows as the parts of thinking or the fundamental structures of thought.
Standards (what we use to evaluate the elements): Can All Small Dogs Bark Really Loud For
People? - correct answer ✔✔Clarity, Accuracy, Significance, Depth, Breadth, Relevance, Logic,
Fairness, Precision
Elements (the components of our thinking): Quick Iguanas Chase All People Into Purple Igloos -
correct answer ✔✔Questions, Implications, Concepts, Assumptions, Points of view, Information,
Purpose, Inferences
The elements of reasoning are its components. They are also called the: - correct answer
✔✔parts of thinking
or fundamental structures of thought
nuts and bolts" of critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔fundamental structures of thought and
parts of thinking
What logically follows from reasoning - correct answer ✔✔implication
The goal or objective of reasoning - correct answer ✔✔purpose
, Points of View - correct answer ✔✔The particular perspective from which something is
observed or thought through
General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information used in our thinking -
correct answer ✔✔Concepts
Being unambiguous and easily understood - correct answer ✔✔clarity
a logical process of drawing conclusions - correct answer ✔✔inference
Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning - correct answer ✔✔assumptions
Purpose - correct answer ✔✔The goal or objective of reasoning. It describes the desired
outcome or intent.
Question - correct answer ✔✔how to clearly frame the question, problem, or issue at which
your reasoning is directed
Assumptions - correct answer ✔✔Encompass everything taken for granted as true in order to
figure out something else and are always present in any form of reasoning.
Implications and consequences - correct answer ✔✔Reasoning delivers us to a position or
viewpoint about something. The implications of our reasoning are what extend beyond the
position we reach. They form the answer to the question, "What follows from our reasoning?"
define information - correct answer ✔✔The data, facts, opinions, and experiences that factor in
your reasoning
Standards of Critical Thinking fully
solved
Elements of Reasoning or the Elements of critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔Purposes,
questions, assumptions, implications, information, concepts, inferences, and points of view. Also
knows as the parts of thinking or the fundamental structures of thought.
Standards (what we use to evaluate the elements): Can All Small Dogs Bark Really Loud For
People? - correct answer ✔✔Clarity, Accuracy, Significance, Depth, Breadth, Relevance, Logic,
Fairness, Precision
Elements (the components of our thinking): Quick Iguanas Chase All People Into Purple Igloos -
correct answer ✔✔Questions, Implications, Concepts, Assumptions, Points of view, Information,
Purpose, Inferences
The elements of reasoning are its components. They are also called the: - correct answer
✔✔parts of thinking
or fundamental structures of thought
nuts and bolts" of critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔fundamental structures of thought and
parts of thinking
What logically follows from reasoning - correct answer ✔✔implication
The goal or objective of reasoning - correct answer ✔✔purpose
, Points of View - correct answer ✔✔The particular perspective from which something is
observed or thought through
General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information used in our thinking -
correct answer ✔✔Concepts
Being unambiguous and easily understood - correct answer ✔✔clarity
a logical process of drawing conclusions - correct answer ✔✔inference
Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning - correct answer ✔✔assumptions
Purpose - correct answer ✔✔The goal or objective of reasoning. It describes the desired
outcome or intent.
Question - correct answer ✔✔how to clearly frame the question, problem, or issue at which
your reasoning is directed
Assumptions - correct answer ✔✔Encompass everything taken for granted as true in order to
figure out something else and are always present in any form of reasoning.
Implications and consequences - correct answer ✔✔Reasoning delivers us to a position or
viewpoint about something. The implications of our reasoning are what extend beyond the
position we reach. They form the answer to the question, "What follows from our reasoning?"
define information - correct answer ✔✔The data, facts, opinions, and experiences that factor in
your reasoning
